Dream Travel

Chapter 527 The Goal of Finishing Off

When a highly influential illegal organization is still in good standing, it will inevitably have someone protecting it, because there are too many vested interests involved.

Illegal organizations that want to grow must cultivate relationships; otherwise, they will be dealt with before they can truly thrive.

However, once these organizations experience serious turmoil and are unable to take care of themselves, those who provided them with protection will want to sever ties as quickly as possible.

They might even take the opportunity to kick someone when they're down, trying to eliminate evidence that is detrimental to them.

If you can't deal with the root cause of the instability of an illegal organization, can't you at least take down the illegal organization itself?

Especially when this illegal organization is about to collapse, why not take advantage of its misfortune instead of getting implicated?

There's no need to communicate or cooperate with the source of the organization; we can just take the opportunity to crush it.

Since we've already gotten the benefits and enjoyed them, let's take this opportunity to crush this organization. Death wipes the debt, what a great thing!

Borei had been involved in these matters and therefore knew that once the Shadow Organization began to crumble, the collapse was unstoppable.

Unless they can address the root cause of the organization's collapse and withstand external pressure to restore stability, the organization will be in trouble.

In this way, those who were still observing will resume their previous cooperation, and those who were originally trying to take advantage of the situation will most likely say that it was all a misunderstanding.

But is the white curtain so easy to solve?

Just a week after he left Rota City, the Shadow Organization ran into problems from top to bottom, and they could no longer cover it up.

This organization is doomed.

“I’ll handle this myself.” Borre thought for a moment; he hadn’t participated in field operations for quite some time.

He should get some exercise; he doesn't want to become like Oscar, a typical middle-aged man with a big belly.

Borre has seen photos of Oscar when he was young; he was strong and capable. If you put his photos from when he was young next to his current photos, people will definitely ask, "Is that you in the photo?"

How many people are left in this organization?

In a restaurant, Bai Mu asked the person who came to report.

"Including those who have already escaped, there aren't many left. General Esdeath said that the organization's leader could be brought over by tonight at the latest..."

The leader of the organization, the Shadow Organization, has been thoroughly investigated in the past few days. This organization was originally a normal organization.

Later, in a strange dream, they came into contact with a monster called a 'banshee,' and then the organization began to transform.

The Banshee Queen was also one of the samples that their organization gradually cultivated.

But the most special one was the one that Bai Mu killed. The place where they trained the Banshee Queen was specially selected, and basically no powerful people would go there.

The Banshee group is also quite powerful; their mental influence can cause many people to fail. However, the Banshee Queen's training plan failed after only a short time.

If the White Curtain had arrived a little later, the outcome might have been different. But it's all in the past now, and the Shadow Organization is doomed.

The specifics of what happened back then are no longer important. The Shadow Organization has developed many special technologies based on the 'Banshee', a dream monster.

The vast majority of them are focused on the spiritual realm, so this organization excels at infiltration and covert operations, doing dirty work for many people.

However, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. After the Shadow Organization became unstable, this drawback was amplified, and Esdeath took advantage of this.

Those who were with the Shadow Organization discovered that the organization was completely destroyed and that they couldn't stop the process, so they simply started kicking it while it was down.

Therefore, White Curtain received a lot of covert assistance in its subsequent operations, and the clues provided by that assistance pointed directly to the core of the Shadow Organization.

In some places, they don't even need to deal with it; someone else has already taken care of it first.

The large organization fell apart in less than a week.

Those who kick someone when they're down are eager to destroy all the evidence, while Bai Mu is eager to completely eliminate this organization, cutting off its roots so that it won't cause trouble for him in the future.

Later that night, Esdeath returned, along with the leader of the Shadow Organization.

"It seems like a lot of time has been wasted?" Bai Mu asked, somewhat puzzled.

The Phantom's range of movement is limited, so the White Curtain will come to the current city to ensure that Esdeath and the others have enough room to maneuver.

In other words, the enemy's leader was very close to them.

“They’re not afraid of death; instead, they’re calmly thinking about how to turn the tables.” Esdeath threw the leaders of the Shadow Organization to the ground.

These people were reduced to nothing but their heads, thus becoming the true 'leaders'.

“This is quite rare.” The white curtain summoned Beatrice.

Beatrice picked up the heads as if it were nothing out of the ordinary and examined them in her makeshift alchemy workshop.

After a while, she said, "Their brains have also been modified, but the modifications are more advanced. I can extract the modified parts—is that okay?"

"You want it?" Bai Mu felt this was somewhat cruel.

“I want it,” Beatrice quickly stated her need.

"Don't make it too bloody."

Beatrice quickly closed the door and began dealing with the heads.

She was indeed very interested in some of the Shadow Organization's modification techniques, although they weren't alchemy, some of them involved the body.

This organization is at the forefront of brain modification, and the Shadow Organization has many individuals with psychic abilities.

Most of these psychic beings are driven by mental power, and their outward manifestation is 'telekinesis'.

It lacks mental influence but has a stronger physical influence; this organization can mass-produce individuals with mental abilities.

Three days ago, after acquiring some materials, Beatrice cracked some of the secrets of the Shadow Organization.

She plans to do some further research, and if there are no side effects, she's ready to add it to her body.

"Their leader has been dealt with, so the matter of this organization can be considered to be over, right?" Bai Mu stretched his body.

He's been running around these past few days and hasn't been able to take action much, but as a signal base station, he has to be on the front lines.

Therefore, it's unlikely that he would act like a real boss, waiting at home for his subordinates to do things.

Unless the white curtain allows the phantom's range of movement to cover an entire continent... even a small one, half a continent would be fine.

“There’s one more objective that you need to resolve,” Esdeath said, concluding with the final part.

The Shadow Organization has been shattered by her; White Curtain's mobility is her mobility.

Wherever they need to go, Bai Mu can lead them directly there by air, and the speed is extraordinary.

Through subsequent actions, Esdeath has gained a clear understanding of the strength of the Shadow Organization.

This organization wields considerable influence among ordinary people, yet the Shadow Organization has always been a real-world organization.

However, given the lack of many special forces in reality, this organization has already pioneered a path in researching special forces.

If they were to actually raise the Banshee Queen, they would have a real chance to create a huge wave in reality.

But this opportunity was snatched away by the white curtain from the very beginning. "The person carrying the 'stone tablet'?"

Esdeath nodded. She could deal with the members of the Shadow Organization to her heart's content and use all means to eliminate her targets.

Bai Mu also gave her enough support, and she was very satisfied with this kind of 'boss'.

Dealing with the Shadow Organization also gave her a good time; she's participated in no fewer than thirty battles in the past few days...

The Shadow Organization also brought out some powerful fighters, allowing her to have a good fight.

She simply couldn't deal with the last target.

That target was too specific to the phantom.

A few days ago, when the White Curtain was able to resummon Luciela and the others, it obtained information about the other side.

Livlu was the first to be affected, as she had a deep impression of the target's information.

When the 'stone tablet' influenced them, it took almost no time for the affected phantoms to become 'infectious,' and when they came into contact with other phantoms, they influenced those phantoms in turn.

As for whether this effect had any distance limitations, they were unclear at that time.

Esdeath later extracted relevant information from insiders within the Shadow Organization.

That thing was an item specifically designed by the Shadow Organization to target the White Curtain, and it was also a key used by the Shadow Organization to control the Banshee Queen.

The stone tablet was made from a 'Soul-Suppressing Stone,' which has an influence on the soul and spirit, and is also a dream-eroding material.

To counter the White Curtain, the Shadow Organization turned this thing into a weapon.

The Dream Erosion effect of the Soul-Suppressing Stone is 'Thought Imprint', which is a Dream Erosion effect that pairs well with the Soul-Suppressing Stone.

However, the Dream Erosion effect can only be defined once; it is defined when the weapon is crafted.

The definition states that those affected must obey the orders of specific members of the Shadow Organization or the holder of a certain token.

The Shadow Organization then planned to elevate the Dream Erosion item to see if it could further extend the Dream Erosion effect.

After learning about the 'stone tablet', Bai Mu was still curious about its function. Even if it was a Dream Erosion item, its effect was too strong, wasn't it?

Those phantoms were all enhanced by him, and his mental strength was not weak either. When the Awakened Phantom encountered that thing, it was actually 'instantly' killed?

Does this mean that under the right conditions, that thing could also 'instantly' kill him?

Therefore, we must acquire that stone tablet.

"Where is he?"

“I was waiting to meet someone, and I’ve already taken care of the person I was supposed to meet,” Esdeath replied.

The reason she returned later than expected was that she specifically dealt with the contact person, and she also obtained some rather interesting information.

"Time is almost up, we need to leave quickly."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go." Bai Mu knocked on the closed door: "It's urgent, we have to leave."

“Okay, right away,” Beatrice replied hurriedly, opening the door in less than a minute.

Her hands were stained with blood and some white stuff, and she was carrying a small basket containing six clear bottles.

The blood had stained the liquid inside slightly cloudy, but you could still clearly see what was inside from the outside.

It was red 'nerve tissue' that resembled a spider web.

Beatrice quickly wiped the bottles clean and handed them to White Curtain.

After putting the bottle into the weapon box, Bai Mu left the temporary base.

On the way, Esdeath talked about the interesting information she had discovered.

The holder of the stone tablet is a specially treated being, and the other party has already been affected by the stone tablet.

"So, this means that an entity influenced by the stone tablet, essentially 'controlled,' is using the controller that controlled it to attack us?"

“That’s right.” Esdeath said with a smile, looking at the dark area in the distance, where two eerie lights shone from the darkness.

A man carrying a stone tablet and a giant sword walked over and sighed softly: "I'm not exactly being controlled... no, I can't really explain it, but it doesn't matter anymore."

"Not planning to run away?" Seeing that the other party had no intention of running away and even seemed quite calm, Bai Mu put down the weapon case he was carrying, and Esdeath, who was standing next to him, also disappeared.

He recalled all the phantoms that had followed him.

"He can't escape now." The man looked in one direction; Mine was aiming at him from there, ready to fire at the slightest sign of anything amiss.

He waited here for the contact person as arranged by the organization. The organization had been trying to turn the tables during this time, but when he saw that the person who came was Bai Mu, he knew that the organization had failed.

"I'm a little curious, why didn't the affected phantoms look like you?" Bai Mu took out a combination knife from the weapon case.

He was already being very kind by not using the Dream Eater Greatsword.

Aside from the ordinary members at the grassroots level, almost all the remaining members of the Shadow Organization have undergone human modification.

"I don't know." The man shook his head, smashing the giant stone sword in his hand to the ground. He stared intently at the white curtain, his eyes a mixture of calm and madness.

"The people who could give me orders are all dead. All I can do now is make a last-ditch effort."

"You can't give yourself orders?" The combination knife in Bai Mu's hand burst into flames.

The man shook his head: "No, but I can give you an order: you will be the new leader of the Shadows—"

After he finished speaking, his eyes turned blood red, the blood vessels on the surface of his body became prominent due to the compression of his muscles, and scorching heat emanated from his body, causing the surrounding air to distort.

The man disappeared.

"So fast!" Mine exclaimed in astonishment as she locked onto the target. She had intended to fire, but the target had vanished.

Her aim quickly shifted to Bai Mu. The opponent had attacked Bai Mu; since the figure had disappeared, it must have been heading towards Bai Mu.

But when she turned her aim, there was nothing around Bai Mu.

A dull thud was heard in the distance.

The man who was thrown into the air crashed into the dilapidated shipping container. He tore open the deformed container and gasped for breath.

The body expanded further, as if some kind of restriction had been lifted.

Bai Mu looked at his right hand holding the knife, his eyes turning a cold gold.

This opponent is quite formidable; after exchanging a blow with him under normal circumstances, his arm trembled slightly.

The entity created by the Shadow Organization specifically to deal with them can't be too weak.

No wonder Esdeath seemed somewhat regretful when she talked about the other party's information on the way.

She also wanted to fight such an opponent, but the weapon the opponent used could instantly kill her.

(End of this chapter)